£1 Brown 'Arms'
 

 

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Designed by Hon George R Bellew, M.V.O., engraved by J.A.C. Harrison

Recess printed by Waterlow and Sons. One double plate was used and guillotined into sheets of 40 (5 rows of 8).

Perforated 14

Watermarked GVIR and crown

Issued 1 October, 1948

Watermark

Profile of King's head by Edmund Dulac (larger than on 2/6 and 5/-) within an oval medallion, surmounted by a crown and set in a floral frame. Values in bottom left and right corners. The word POSTAGE centred at bottom.

Varieties

Specimen - [Specimen overprints to be sent to the UPU should have ended 10 March 1948].

 

References

 

Article by Gerry Bater FRPSL in Gibbons Stamp Monthly, June 1996.

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